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	Blair was a member of the ] in 1866 and a member of the ] from 1867 to 1868.		Blair was a member of the ] in 1866 and a member of the ] from 1867 to 1868.

	Elected as a ] to the ] and ] Congresses, Blair served as ] for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879). In 1876, he introduced the first ] amendment to be offered in Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 but was elected by the New Hampshire legislature to the U.S. Senate on June 17, 1879, for the vacancy in the term ending March 4, 1885, and served from June 20, 1879, to March 3, 1885. The State legislature not being in session, he was re-appointed on March 5, 1885, and elected on June 17, 1885, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1885, and served from March 10, 1885, to March 4, 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1891. While in the Senate.		Elected as a ] to the ] and ] Congresses, Blair served as ] for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879). In 1876, he introduced the first ] amendment to be offered in Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 but was elected by the New Hampshire legislature to the U.S. Senate on June 17, 1879, for the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1885, and served from June 20, 1879, to March 3, 1885. The State legislature not being in session, he was re-appointed on March 5, 1885, and elected on June 17, 1885, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1885, and served from March 10, 1885, to March 3, 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1891. While in the Senate.

	He was chairman of the ] during the ] through the ] Congresses. He proposed legislation to move control of education from the local level to the federal level during the 1880s. His proposed "Blair Education Bill" advocated federal aid for education and passed the Senate on three occasions, was endorsed by presidents, but never passed the House.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Jenkins\|first1=Jeffery A.\|last2=Peck\|first2=Justin\|date=2020\|title=The Blair Education Bill: A Lost Opportunity in American Public Education\|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-american-political-development/article/blair-education-bill-a-lost-opportunity-in-american-public-education/00188E9BE26F86F03BCE1B46C845052F\|journal=Studies in American Political Development\|volume=35\|language=en\|pages=146–170\|doi=10.1017/S0898588X20000085\|s2cid=225424792\|issn=0898-588X}}</ref><ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609144541/http://millercenter.org/president/bharrison/essays/biography/4 \|date=June 9, 2013 }}</ref>		He was chairman of the ] during the ] through the ] Congresses. He proposed legislation to move control of education from the local level to the federal level during the 1880s. His proposed "Blair Education Bill" advocated federal aid for education and passed the Senate on three occasions, was endorsed by presidents, but never passed the House.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Jenkins\|first1=Jeffery A.\|last2=Peck\|first2=Justin\|date=2020\|title=The Blair Education Bill: A Lost Opportunity in American Public Education\|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-american-political-development/article/blair-education-bill-a-lost-opportunity-in-american-public-education/00188E9BE26F86F03BCE1B46C845052F\|journal=Studies in American Political Development\|volume=35\|language=en\|pages=146–170\|doi=10.1017/S0898588X20000085\|s2cid=225424792\|issn=0898-588X}}</ref><ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609144541/http://millercenter.org/president/bharrison/essays/biography/4 \|date=June 9, 2013 }}</ref>
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	Blair declined an appointment by President ] as judge of the ] in 1891, but accepted an appointment as ] to ] on March 6, 1891. The Chinese Government objected to Blair because of his role in passing the ] and declared him '']''.<ref></ref> He subsequently tendered his resignation from the diplomatic post, which was accepted October 6, 1891.		Blair declined an appointment by President ] as judge of the ] in 1891, but accepted an appointment as ] to ] on March 6, 1891. The Chinese Government objected to Blair because of his role in passing the ] and declared him '']''.<ref></ref> He subsequently tendered his resignation from the diplomatic post, which was accepted October 6, 1891.

	Again elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1892, Blair served from March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1895, and was not a candidate for reelection in 1894. He engaged in the practice of law in ], until his death.		Again elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1892, Blair served from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895, and was not a candidate for reelection in 1894. He engaged in the practice of law in ], until his death.

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American military officer and politician "Senator Blair" redirects here. For other uses, see Senator Blair (disambiguation).

Henry William Blair


United States Senator from New Hampshire
In office June 18, 1879 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	Charles H. Bell
Succeeded by	Jacob H. Gallinger
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Hosea Washington Parker
Succeeded by	Evarts Worcester Farr
Constituency	3rd district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Luther F. McKinney
Succeeded by	Cyrus A. Sulloway
Constituency	1st district
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office 1866
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1867–1868

Personal details
Born	(1834-12-06)December 6, 1834 Campton, New Hampshire
Died	March 14, 1920(1920-03-14) (aged 85) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Eliza Nelson Blair
Children	Henry P. Blair
Parent(s)	William Henry Blair Lois (Baker) Blair
Occupation	Lawyer Politician
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	Union Army
Rank	lieutenant colonel
Unit	Fifteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars	Civil War

Henry William Blair (December 6, 1834 – March 14, 1920) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Campton, Blair lost his father at two and his mother at twelve. Raised by neighbors on a farm, he attended school when breaks from farm work permitted. Though he never went to college, in 1856, he began reading law with William Leverett at Plymouth, and was admitted to the bar in 1859 and became Leverett's partner.

Career

Blair was appointed prosecuting attorney for Grafton County in 1860.

During the Civil War Blair was rejected by the fifth and twelfth regiments as physically unfit. In 1862, when the fifteenth regiment was formed, he raised a company, enlisted as a Private and was elected Captain. He was appointed Major by the Governor and his Council. After about a year at the front, he held the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. During his first battle service, the Siege of Port Hudson, he was wounded twice. After the discharge of his regiment in 1863, he was appointed deputy provost marshal and spent most of the remainder of the war at home as an invalid due to wounds and diseases contracted during the war.

Blair was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1866 and a member of the New Hampshire Senate from 1867 to 1868.

Elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, Blair served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879). In 1876, he introduced the first prohibition amendment to be offered in Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 but was elected by the New Hampshire legislature to the U.S. Senate on June 17, 1879, for the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1885, and served from June 20, 1879, to March 3, 1885. The State legislature not being in session, he was re-appointed on March 5, 1885, and elected on June 17, 1885, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1885, and served from March 10, 1885, to March 3, 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1891. While in the Senate.

He was chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor during the Forty-seventh through the Fifty-first Congresses. He proposed legislation to move control of education from the local level to the federal level during the 1880s. His proposed "Blair Education Bill" advocated federal aid for education and passed the Senate on three occasions, was endorsed by presidents, but never passed the House.

Blair declined an appointment by President Benjamin Harrison as judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire in 1891, but accepted an appointment as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China on March 6, 1891. The Chinese Government objected to Blair because of his role in passing the Chinese Exclusion Act and declared him persona non grata. He subsequently tendered his resignation from the diplomatic post, which was accepted October 6, 1891.

Again elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1892, Blair served from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895, and was not a candidate for reelection in 1894. He engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death.

Death

Blair died in Washington, D.C. on March 14, 1920 (age 85 years, 99 days). He is interred at Campton Cemetery, Campton, New Hampshire.

Family life

Son of William Henry Blair and Lois (Baker) Blair, he married Eliza Nelson on December 20, 1859 and they had one son, Henry P. Blair.

Sources

Gordon B. McKinney. Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America: From the Civil War to the U.S. Senate (University Press of Kentucky; 2013) 246 pages

References

Willey, George Franklyn (1896). Willey's Semi-centennial Book of Manchester, 1846-1896, and Manchester Ed. of the Book of Nutfield: Historic Sketches of that Part of New Hampshire Comprised Within the Limits of the Old Tyng Township, Nutfield, Harrytown, Derryfield, and Manchester, from the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. G. F. Willey, 1896 - Manchester (N.H.). p. 132 133. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
Jenkins, Jeffery A.; Peck, Justin (2020). "The Blair Education Bill: A Lost Opportunity in American Public Education". Studies in American Political Development. 35: 146–170. doi:10.1017/S0898588X20000085. ISSN 0898-588X. S2CID 225424792.
Miller Center Archived June 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
Harper's Weekly

External links

United States Congress. "Henry W. Blair (id: B000524)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on February 14, 2008

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byHosea Washington Parker	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Succeeded byEvarts Worcester Farr
U.S. Senate
Preceded byCharles H. Bell	U.S. senator (Class 3) from New Hampshire June 20, 1879 – March 3, 1885 March 5, 1885 – March 3, 1891 Served alongside: Edward H. Rollins, Austin F. Pike, Person C. Cheney, William E. Chandler, Gilman Marston, William E. Chandler	Succeeded byJacob H. Gallinger
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byLuther F. McKinney	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Succeeded byCyrus A. Sulloway

v t e United States senators from New Hampshire
Class 2	Wingate Livermore Olcott Gilman Thompson Morril S. Bell Hubbard Woodbury Jenness Cilley Hale Atherton Williams Hale Cragin Rollins Pike Cheney Chandler Marston Chandler Burnham Hollis Keyes Bridges Murphy McIntyre Humphrey Smith Sununu Shaheen
Class 3	Langdon Sheafe Plumer Parker Cutts Mason Storer Parrott Woodbury Hill Page Pierce Wilcox Atherton Norris Wells J. Bell Clark Fogg Patterson Wadleigh C. Bell Blair Gallinger Drew Moses Brown Tobey Upton Cotton Wyman Cotton Durkin Rudman Gregg Ayotte Hassan

v t e Chairs of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Education/Education and Labor (1869–1947)	Harlan Drake Sawyer Flanagan Ferry Patterson Burnside Bailey Blair Carey Kyle Shoup Kyle McComas Penrose Dolliver Borah H. Smith Kenyon Borah Phipps Couzens Metcalf Walsh Black Thomas Murray
Labor and Public Welfare (1947–1977)	Taft Thomas Murray A. Smith Hill Yarborough Williams
Labor and Human Resources (1977–1999)	Williams Hatch Kennedy Kassebaum Jeffords
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1999–present)	Jeffords Kennedy Jeffords Kennedy Gregg Enzi Kennedy Harkin Alexander Murray Sanders Cassidy

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